Macbeth vs othello
Macbeth vs othelloMacbeth vs Othello
William Shakespeare is one of the greatest writers of all time; he wrote both novels and plays. Like all Shakespearen heroes, they all possess a tragic flaw that will eventually lead to their downfall. Othello, the main character, is no exception to this and neither was Macbeth. Both plays showed how people are easily influenced by just words.
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In the story of Othello, Shakespeare dicpicts a story of how one man’s trust is betrayed and twisted leading towards a tragic ending. Othello is a highly respected person in Florence, Italy. Iago can not stand Othello in the opening Act of the play he is speaking about Othello. Roderigo askes Iago: “Thou told’st me thou didst hold him in thy hate.” Iago says:
Despise me if I do not. Three great ones of the city,
In personal suit to make me his lieutenant,
Off-capped to him; and, by the faith of man,
I know my price; I am worth no worse a place.
But he, as loving his own pride and purposes,
Evades them with a bombast circumstance.
(I, I, 9-13)
Iago is slowly plotting against Othello to ruin his life for placing Michael Cassio ahead of him in the lieutenant ranking. So Iago plans on getting revenge by using Othello’s love for his wife against him. Iago plants the idea that Desdemona Othello’s wife is having an affair with Michael Cassio into Othello’s head. He wants to get revenge on Michael Cassio and Othello. In a way he is playing a game with Othello because he does not have any evidence that his wife is actually cheating on him.
In Macbeth the witches plan to ruin Macbeth. Although he takes the action that leads to his downfall, he perhaps would not have done this if the witches had not told him that he would be king in Act 1 Scene 3. The witches also never had any proof that Macbeth was going to be king. They are also playing their own little game but they are punished by the gods. All the witches ever mentioned was that Macbeth would one day be king. So Macbeth thinks that he has to kill the current king who is King Duncan to become king himself. In Act 1, Scene 3, the witches tell Macbeth that he is thane of Glamis, thane of Cawdor and that he "shalt be king hereafter". Macbeth becomes obsessed into become king ahead of time. He becomes ambitious and writes his wife to explain to her what he found out from the witches.
Both characters are effected by the influence of words and completely change. In Macbeth, Macbeth goes from a noble, brave soldier to a murderer he changes because of the prophecies of the witch and his wife Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth constantly kept throwing in the idea to kill to become king. Lady Macbeth does not mind that Macbeth kills to become king, but Macbeth on...
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